U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.9% in morning trading. Tate & Lyle climbed 12.5% and Monte dei Paschi di Siena added 8.8%. On the other hand, Zealand Pharma lost 18.7%, and voestalpine slipped 5%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.9% and Germany's DAX fell 1.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 96.54.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 4.8% to $97.59 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 4.5% to $94.58 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 5% to 50.94 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 3.06% from 3.049%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 5 basis points to 4.573% from 4.522%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 3.8%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1.7%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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